Komitas Chamber Music House ( hy, Կոմիտասի անվան կամերային երաժշտության տուն (''Komitasi anvan kamerayin yerazhshtut'yan tun'')) is a concert hall in

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, located on Isahakyan street at the Circular Park of

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. It was designed by

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Stepan Kyurkchyan and constructed by engineer Eduard Khzmalyan. The music hall was opened in October 1977. It is listed among the historic and cultural monuments of the city of Yerevan.

Architecture

The hall was built and designed in the shape of an Armenian three-nave basilica type church. It has a one single hall with no visible limits between the stage and the seats forming an entirely overlapping space between the musicians and the audience. The

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of the Komitas Chamber Music Hall is one of the unique

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that have been used in the

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. It was designed in the

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on the basis of the 17th-century organs to perform mainly

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, consisted of 4000 pipes. It was installed in 1979 and renovated in 2007. The external walls of the hall are decorated with traditional Armenian ornaments. A large pool with water fountains forms the backyard of the music hall.Komitas Chamber Music Hall, history
/ref> In 2003, the statue of Ivan Aivazovsky (designed by sculptor Yura Petrosyan) was erected near the chamber music house.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Komitas Chamber Music Hall Chamber music Buildings and structures in Yerevan Buildings and structures completed in 1977